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BJD bags 63 out of 69 Zilla Parishad Zones in Naveen’s Home Turf
While the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) made its presence felt across the state, barring a few exceptions, it could not gain much in Odisha CM and BJD Supremo Naveen Patnaik's home turf. BJD has won 63 out of 69 Zilla Parishad Zones in the…
77% Voter turnout in 5th & Final Phase Panchayat Polls
At least 77% voters turned up to exercise their franchise in the fifth and final phase of the Panchayat Polls, informed by the State Election Commissioner (SEC) Rabinarayan Senapati.
Subarnapur district remaining at the top in the list…
BJP continues to surge in 5th Phase Panchayat Polls in Odisha
In continuation with the trend in the last four phases, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has moved ahead in the fifth and final phase too, by leading in nearly 40% of the total seats that went to polls today.
As per the trends received…
Six injured in Jajpur Poll Violence
The fifth and final phase of rural polls on Tuesday was marred by violence in many booths of Jajpur districts.
Six persons were injured as bombing reported in Anyaspur Gram Panchayat at Bari region in Jajpur district. Cops detained two…
BJP gheraoes DGP Office in Cuttack protesting Poll Violence
BJP activists led by Samir Dey gheraoed DGP office in Cuttack protesting against rising number of poll violence cases across the State.
Scuffle ensued between police personnel and BJP workers while trying to gherao DGP office in Cuttack.…
Odisha Panchayat Polls: BJD faces rout in Western Odisha
While Western Odisha has been a stronghold of BJP for years with a strong organisational base and involvement of top leaders in the region, the BJD was not weak either.
Congress also had strong presence there. However, the panchayat…
Chhattisgarh BJP Leader, 8 Others arrested by Kalahandi Police
In a big development, which further proved the strong involvement of Chhattisgarh Government in panchayat polls in Odisha, Lokesh Kawadia, Secretary of BJP NGO Cell, has been arrested by Kalahandi Police on the allegations of distributing…
Poll Violence continues in various parts of Odisha
Several people were injured, voting cancelled, and people boycotted polls as poll related violence continued unabated in different parts of Odisha during the ongoing fifth and final phase of Panchayat elections.
In an unfortunate…
3 killed, several injured in Ganjam Poll Violence
Two persons including a sarpanch candidate were allegedly killed and eight others injured in poll related violence in Ganjam district last night.
The deceased was identified as Bulu Pradhan residence of Brahamanchai in Sheragada block…
5th Phase Panchayat Polls begin in 150 Zilla Parishad Zones in Odisha
Polling began for 150 Zilla Parishad zones in Odisha in the fifth and final phase today. Voting began at 7 AM and will continue till 12 PM. Counting will start immediately after the polling concludes.
* BJD has so far comfortably…